March 6, 2014
![A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a weapon in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c3987202-527f-4689-a5a0-6b0495a94f80_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a weapon in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria.
![A sardine is carried in a coffin during the Entierro de la Sardina (The Funeral Of The Sardine) in the Basque port town of Portugalete, Mar. 5, 2014. The ceremonial funeral and burning of a sardine figurine, representative of the excesses of the carnival season, coincides with Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d2ede419-097c-4105-8b12-56cc0515da44_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A sardine is carried in a coffin during the Entierro de la Sardina (The Funeral Of The Sardine) in the Basque port town of Portugalete, Mar. 5, 2014. The ceremonial funeral and burning of a sardine figurine, representative of the excesses of the carnival season, coincides with Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
![Locals and fire-fighters try to control a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But no one was in the building at the time of fire and there were no casualties, a police official said.](https://gdb.voanews.com/96a3bebf-cb2d-4c9c-98c2-550f89261ef7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Locals and fire-fighters try to control a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But no one was in the building at the time of fire and there were no casualties, a police official said.
![People stand around a pit to rescue a horse that fell in, in Jalandhar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, Mar. 5, 2014. The horse was rescued from the pit, dug to erect electric poles, after a two-hour rescue operation, according to local reports.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2d02aedb-8b81-47c9-8004-af7c2b842ca2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand around a pit to rescue a horse that fell in, in Jalandhar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, Mar. 5, 2014. The horse was rescued from the pit, dug to erect electric poles, after a two-hour rescue operation, according to local reports.